Ahoy mates seeking bargains, Princess Cruises’ is offering a Bucket List Extravaganza Sale through July 17, 2014 with up to $200 in spending money and up to $400 in pre-paid gratuities, when booking a balcony, mini-suite or suite. Featured in the sale are cruises tropical Tahiti, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia or Asia. If you book an interior or oceanview staterooms you will receive an onboard credit of $50 per stateroom for six- to nine-day cruises or $100 per stateroom for cruises 10 days or longer. Passengers booking balcony staterooms or above get $100 onboard credit per stateroom for six- to nine-day cruises or $200 onboard credit per stateroom for cruises 10 days or longer.

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And for those who enjoy the suite life there’s something in it for you if you book a mini or maxi like pre-paid gratuities. For more information about the Bucket List Extravaganza Sale and cruise pricing go to princess.com/sale. Information about other cruise deals and promotions can be found at princess.com/topcruisedeals.

All cruise prices are per person, based on double occupancy. Free gratuities are based on the pre-payment by Princess Cruises on behalf of the guest at the suggested amount of $12 per day for mini-suites and suites and $11.50 per day for balcony and below. The Bucket List Extravaganza cruise sale runs through 11:59 p.m. PDT on July 17, 2014 and is available to residents of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Bermuda.

Additional information about Princess Cruises is available through a professional travel agent, by calling 1-800-PRINCESS (1-800-774-6237), or by visiting the company's website at princess.com.

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Patti Pietschmann is the author of ACCESS Los Angeles, a bestselling travel guide that escorts readers through the area's diverse neighborhoods, which among other duties, requires her to sample restaurants from Bel-Air to Orange County and beyond. Patti's pieces have been published in hundreds of newspapers and magazines throughout the world. The former Teen Editor of Newsday in New York, Patti was also a co-west coast editor of Departures Magazine, and a frequent contributor to such diverse media as Los Angeles Magazine, LA Times, Miami Herald, St. Petersburg Times, Virtuoso's Voyage, Luxurydomain.com, cruisecritic.com, Priority Magazine, dozens of in-flight magazines, and others. She is also author of 8 blogs, including www.pattisprattles.wordpress.com. She can be reached at ppietschma@aol.com.